“Your dad’s from a generation of men who were taught that speaking about their feelings was a weakness. Which means they didn’t really learn the skill. And it is a skill, you know. Figuring out how you feel and then articulating it. It’s not easy. But I think it’s important to try or you just…there’s too much to carry on your own, you know?” RelationshipsCommunicationEmpathySelf AwarenessMental HealthPersonal GrowthVulnerabilityMasculinityEmotional ExpressionGenerational Differences Book:Wild Dark Shore Source: Wild Dark Shore
“I think my husband loved me as a vessel. [...] He never took the time to discover my body, he never explored it for what it could offer aside from the obvious, he never found in me, in my essence, a purpose other than to carry children, and when I admitted I couldn’t do this for him he turned away from me. He had no more use for my limbs or my skin, my muscles or tongue or fingertips. He couldn’t even see me anymore.” PainRelationshipsMarriageIdentityWomanhoodIntrospectiveGender RolesObjectificationEmotional NeglectLoss Of Self Book:Wild Dark Shore Source: Wild Dark Shore
“I think we might fit together, the lines of us.” LoveRelationshipsPossibilityRomanticLongingIntimacyConnectionTendernessCompatibilityEmotional Closeness Book:Wild Dark Shore Source: Wild Dark Shore